Hickory Coat Rack,

This coat rack is based on a World Market flyer my wife spotted. It’s a fairly simple design, but complicated by the ends to give the Arts and Crafts look. I picked hickory as that is the predominant wood I’m using in the weekender I’m building. In return for providing the idea, I did go to World Market to buy the baskets. Its 32” long and about 18” high, and about 8” deep. The actual size was primarily determined by the size of the baskets I bought more than anything else.

Its already up on a wall. It was kind of tricky as the dang thing is heavy. So I had to find studs to mount it on. I had to measure to the middle of the short wall it went on, then find the two studs in that space. I then measured from the center of the rack to the locations of those studs and drilled holes in the basket openings. I used blue tape on the wall and the center of the rack to match the two centerlines. Finally, with fingers firmly crossed, I used cabinet mounting screws to put it on the wall. For once my studfinder worked right, and it went up securely.

If I ever can retire from my money job to just doing woodwork as a sideline, this is likely to be a regular piece I’d show for sale.